Excellence and Innovation in
Horticulture
& Landscape
We continue to maintain Mount Auburn’s historically significant landscape at
very high standards, committed to preserving and enhancing the plantings—from trees to
groundcovers—that reflect 185 years of horticultural diversity and changing ideas about
landscape design. Horticulture is key to supporting our mission of inspiring all who visit
and commemorating the dead in a landscape of exceptional beauty, and we practice environmental stewardship in all that we do.
During the past fiscal year:
• Several projects were initiated as part of the recently completed multi-year action plan
for enhancing the value of Mount Auburn’s landscape as a habitat for wildlife, including
some new plantings in the wildflower meadow at the Tower.
• We continued our multi-year efforts to replace high maintenance and/or overgrown
plants in selected areas with slower-growing and more compact plant varieties in order
to improve both the sustainability and the aesthetic qualities of the landscape.
• Our efforts to enhance various historic landscape character zones continued with the
planting of more shrubs and groundcovers typical of the Victorian period in curb lots
along Fountain Avenue.
• With grant funding from the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust, we purchased and
installed a laser engraving machine, and our student intern produced and placed over
300 new tree and shrub labels out on the grounds.
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